October 2013 – Build Your Own Bow

Interview with Ken Rohloff of WhippenStick Custom Bows

Ken Rohloff is the founder of WhippenStick Custom Bows. Ken is a custom bowyer and creator of the bow he calls the "Whippen Stick" custom bow. I first met Ken at the Leatherwall traditional archery forum probably in the early…

Five common styles of longbow grips

It might seem like there are a million different types of longbow grips/handles, but I think they can easily be classified in five categories of common styles: 1) straight or “Hill”-style, 2) dished, 3) humped, 4) locator, and 5) sculpted/recurve…